ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,313, issued on July 1.
"Pacifier fabrication method" was invented by Jessica Smith (Wichita, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating a pacifier having surface features replicating those of a nursing mother's nipple, wherein the nipple has a length, the method including steps of utilizing the nursing mother's nipple as a positive mold to cast a first negative mold; utilizing the first negative mold to cast a replica of the nursing mother's nipple; modifying the replica of the nursing mother's nipple so that said replica has a length greater than that of the nursing mother's nipple; utilizing the modified replica of...